Egbert Ootsburg, onto The Top. Egbert runs a company that designs apps for the scalding-hot consumer drone market. Listen as Egbert talks about his strong ambition to make a difference in the world and how he takes advantage of the drone market.

Famous Five:

• Favorite Book? – Zero to One
• What CEO do you follow? – Andy Stanley
• Favorite online tool? — Evernote

• Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— “Are you kidding?”
• If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? – “To get started faster and not to wait for something to occur before giving yourself permission to succeed”

 

Time Stamped Show Notes:

• 01:37 – Nathan introduces Egbert to the show
• 02:06 – How Egbert generate money
• • 02:18 – Open Skkye App
  • 02:45 – Helps Drone pilots find places where to fly versus not fly
  • 03:25 – 2015 total revenue
  • 03:44 – Drone Aviator
• 05:00 – Leaving the corporate world
• • 05:10 – Worked with Pfizer in 2009
  • 05:38 – Biggest recommendation
  • 05:55 – “There’s always a way to bootstrap something”
• 06:20 – Egbert did a consulting job
• • 06:31 – Consulting revenue
• 07:07 – The gap between the pre-revenue and 2009
• • 07:35 – Drone industry
• 08:25 – Creative ways to decrease expenses
• • 08:36 – “Live on the basics that you need”
  • 08:52 – Cut the monthly expenses to 45% of previous total
  • 09:09 – 4 kids
• 09:46 – How much money you keep is NOT how much money you make
• 10:05 – Reason why Egbert’s business attracted investors
• • 10:24 – Experience in aviation from Navy
  • • 11:05 – Anticipated revenue in the next quarter
  • 11:55 – About half a million registered users
  • 12:17 – New items every week
• 12:37 – Connect with Egbert thru his LinkedIn and Twitter
• 14:55 – The Famous Five

 

3 Key Points:

• Believe in the vision of what you’re doing and create value.
• It is about how much money you keep, not how much money you save.
• Get started faster.

 

Resources Mentioned:

• Toptal – Nathan found his development team using Toptal  for his new business Send Later. He was able to keep 100% equity and didn’t have to hire a co-founder due to quality of Toptal  developers.
• Host Gator – The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for cheapest price possible.
• Freshbooks – The site Nathan uses to manage his invoices and accounts.
• Leadpages  – The drag and drop tool Nathan uses to quickly create his webinar landing pages which convert at 35%+
• Audible – Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5 hour drive) to listen to audio books.
• LinkedIn – Egbert’s linkedin account
• @EgbertOostburg  - Egbert’s twitter handle
• Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives